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story

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Related topics: Arts, Literature, Media, Buildings, Newspapers, printing, publishing
sto·ry /ˈstɔːri/ ●●● S1 W1 noun (plural stories) [countableC] → storey
1  for entertainment 供娛樂STORY a description of how something happened, that is intended to entertain people, and may be true or imaginary 〔真實或虛構的〕故事，小說 → tale
story about/of
a story about a princess
關於一位公主的故事
fairy/ghost/love etc story
a detective story
偵探小說
tell/read somebody a story
Mommy, will you read me a story?
媽媽，給我讀個故事好嗎？
a book of short stories
短篇小說集
We cuddled together over a bedtime story.
我們依偎在一起看睡前故事。
The film was based on a true story.
這部影片是根據真實故事改編的。
Don’t be frightened – it’s only a story (=it is imaginary).
别害怕，這只是一個故事。
2  news 新聞SUCCESSFUL a report in a newspaper or news broadcast about a recent event, or something that is reported on （新聞）報道
a front-page story
頭版新聞報道
‘The Observer’ ran a story about the scandal (=printed it).
《觀察家報》刊登了一則有關這一醜聞的報道。
cover story (=the main story in a magazine, which is about the picture on the cover) 〔雜志的〕封面故事
3  events 事件REASON an account of something that has happened, usually one that people tell each other, and which may not be true 叙述，描述；傳聞
The full story of what happened has never been reported.
所發生的事情一直沒有被全面報道過。
Her parents did not believe her story.
她父母不相信她的說法。
First, he wanted to hear Matthew’s side of the story (=his description of what happened).
首先，他想聽一聽馬修對這件事是怎麽說的。
He was having an affair with Julie, or so the story goes (=people are saying this).
他和朱莉有染，至少傳聞是這麽說的。
4  excuse 借口 an excuse or explanation, especially one that you have invented 〔尤指編造的〕借口，遁詞
Where were you? And don’t give me some story about working late!
你去了哪裏？ 不要找借口說晚上加班了！
Well, that’s my story (=that is what I say happened), and I’m sticking to it.
好了，這就是我要說的情況，而且我堅持這一說法。
5  history 歷史STORY a description of the most important events in someone’s life or in the development of something 紀事，史話
the Charlie Parker Story
《查利·帕克紀事》
He wanted to have his life story told on film.
他希望將他的生平事迹搬上銀幕。
6  building 建築 American EnglishAmE a floor or level of a building 樓層 SYN British English storey
a 50-story building
一幢50層的大樓
7  of a film/play etc 有關電影/戲劇等A what happens in a film, play, or book 〔電影、戲劇或書的〕（故事）情節 SYN plot
The story is similar in all her books.
她所有小說中的情節都大同小異。
8  it’s the same story here/there/in ... SAMEused to say the same thing is happening in another place 這裏/那裏/在…等也是同樣的情況
Unemployment is falling in the US, and it’s the same story in Europe.
美國失業率在降低，歐洲也是如此。
 SPOKEN PHRASES
16  it’s a different story used to say that something is not what you expect it to be 是另一回事，根本不像預料的那樣
It looks like a big house, but inside it’s a different story.
它看上去像是一棟大房子，但裏面卻不是這麽回事。
Examples from the Corpus
it’s a different story• Between races it was a different story.• But his recent speeches, carried on the Internet and in church publications, tell a different story.• But it is a different story when we focus on phonological change.• It means that if the engineer comes up with a different story they can use this to embarrass the plaintiff at trial.• Lee told a different story in her lawsuit.• Perhaps if people had spoken up, taken a strong stand, history would tell a different story.• Taxes on rented and business property are a different story.• They then have a moment of near romance before wandering off into a different story.
17  lie 謊言LIE/TELL A LIE a lie – used by children or when speaking to children 謊言，假話〔兒語〕 SYN tale
You shouldn’t tell stories.
你不該說謊。
→ short story, → cock and bull story at cock1(4), → hard-luck story, sob story, → success story at success(5)
n COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 1: a description of how something happened, that is intended to entertain people, and may be true or imaginary
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + story
a true story
‘Schindler’s List’ tells the true story of Oskar Schindler.
a classic story (=old and admired by many people, or typical and good )
a classic story about a little girl who falls down a rabbit hole
a short story
He has published two collections of short stories.
a children’s story
Enid Blyton is famous for writing children’s stories.
a love story
‘Romeo and Juliet’ is a classic love story.
a fairy story (=a children’s story in which magical things happen)
She looked like a princess in a fairy story.
an adventure story
an exciting adventure story for children
a detective story
Most detective stories are about a murder.
a ghost/horror story
They sat round the fire telling ghost stories.
She likes reading horror stories.
a bedtime story (=one that you read to a child before they go to sleep)
He remembered his mother reading him a bedtime story.
verbs
tell (somebody) a story
Would you like me to tell you a story?
read (somebody) a story
She read a lot of detective stories.
write a story
The story was written by Lewis Carroll.
COMMON ERRORSDon’t say ‘say (somebody) a story’. Say tell (somebody) a story.
 THESAURUS
story a description of how something happened that is intended to entertain people, and may be true or imaginary 〔真實或虛構的〕故事,小說
a ghost story
鬼故事
a love story
愛情故事
It’s a story about a man who loses his memory.
這是關於一個失憶男人的故事。
a book of short stories
短篇小說集
tale a story about strange imaginary events, or exciting events that happened in the past 〔虛構且奇特的或過去發生的刺激的〕故事
a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen
漢斯·克裏斯蒂安·安徒生的一個童話故事
I loved hearing tales of his travels.
我愛聽他的旅行故事。
myth noun [countableC, uncountableU] a very old imaginary story about gods and magical creatures 神話
an ancient myth
古代神話
Greek and Roman myths
希臘羅馬神話
legend noun [countableC, uncountableU] an old story about brave people or magical events that are probably not true 傳奇
popular legends of the creation of the world
脍炙人口的創世傳說
According to legend, King Arthur was buried there.
據傳說亞瑟王就葬在那裏。
fable a traditional imaginary short story that teaches a moral lesson, especially a story about animals 〔尤指關於動物的〕寓言
the fable of the tortoise and the hare
龜兔賽跑的寓言故事
a Chinese fable
中國寓言
epic a story told in a long book, film, or poem which is about great or exciting events, especially in history 史詩
an epic about 13th-century Scottish hero William Wallace
關於 13 世紀蘇格蘭民族英雄威廉·華萊士的史詩
saga a story about a series of events that take place over a long period of time, especially events involving one family 家世小說,長篇故事
a family saga beginning in the 1880s
一部始於 19 世紀 80 年代的家世小說
yarn informal a long exciting story that is not completely true 離奇故事,奇談
The movie’s a rattling good yarn and full of action.
這部電影情節曲折離奇。
n COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 2: a report in a newspaper or news broadcast about a recent event, or something that is reported on
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + story
a big story (=a report about something important)
He had promised the newspaper a big story on a major celebrity.
the lead/top story (=the most important story in a newspaper or news programme)
The floods were the lead story on the news that evening.
a front-page story
The Times published a front-page story about the scandal.
a cover story (=the main story in a magazine, mentioned on the cover)
Hello magazine did a cover story on her last year.
verbs
do a story (=write and then print or broadcast it)
I went to Iraq to do a story on the war.
print/publish a story
The News of the World decided not to print the story.
run a story (=print it or broadcast it)
There wasn’t enough definite information to run the story.
cover a story (=report on it)
Her family complained about the way that journalists had covered the story.
break a story (=report on it for the first time)
The Daily Mail was the paper which broke the story.
leak a story (=secretly tell a reporter about it)
We may never know who leaked the story to the press.
a story breaks (=it is reported for the first time)
I still remember the shock when that story broke.
n COLLOCATIONS – Meanings 3 & 4
verbs
tell (somebody) a story (also recount/relate a story formal)
I’d better tell you the whole story from the beginning.
He laughed as he recounted the story.
give (somebody) a story
I had the feeling that she wasn’t giving me the full story.
hear a story (also listen to a story)
I’ve heard that story a hundred times.
make up/invent a story
She confessed to making up the story of being abducted.
stick to your story (=keep saying it is true)
He didn’t believe her at first, but she stuck to her story.
change your story
During police interviews, Harper changed his story several times.
believe a story
The jury did not believe Evans’s story.
swap stories (=tell each other stories)
They swapped stories and shared their experiences.
the story goes (=this is what is people say happened)
The story goes that he was drowned off the south coast, but not everyone believed it.
a story goes around (=people tell it to each other)
A story went around that she had been having an affair.
adjectives
the full/whole story
I did not know the full story.
a plausible/convincing story
She tried to think up a convincing story to tell her parents.
a remarkable story
The film tells the remarkable story of their escape from a prison camp.
an apocryphal story (=one that is well-known but probably not true)
There are many apocryphal stories about him.
the inside story (=including facts that are known only to people involved)
Though I’d seen the official report, I wanted the inside story.
phrases
somebody’s side of the story (=someone’s account of what happened, which may be different from someone else’s)
I would like to give my side of the story.
Examples from the Corpus
story• Don't be frightened, Connie - it's only a story.• Sally, will you read us a story?• The show-biz story of the decade has spawned the cinematic train wreck of 1996.• The best known of them was Dornford Yates, author of the now unreadable but once hugely read Berry and Co stories.• He looked like some giant from a fairy story.• a fifth story apartment• a headline-grabbing story• Markoff counters that his stories are accurate and fair.• All children love stories.• The main story tonight is the earthquake in Albania.• He now had carte blanche to pursue any major story in town and to inject his strong opinions unabashedly into his writings.• There have been a lot of stories in the papers recently about contaminated food.• a book of short stories• Have you been telling stories again?• Besides, neither of us has enough money to gain entry to that story.• But it is considerably worse than that, as the story quickly makes clear.• He went out and Sisteradmission-ward came in for a short while, and we reconstructed the story.• Genesis and Deuteronomy tell the story in a style that will be accessible to any reader.• The movie tells the story of a young girl brought up in the Deep South in the 1930s.• The film was OK, but I didn't think the story was very realistic.• The story doesn't get interesting till midway through.• The story I read in the newspaper said they intend to close the theatre down.• the story of dancer Alvin Ailey• The film is based on a true story.• The movie is based on a true story.• Grandpa's always telling us stories about when he was a boy• There are a lot of wild stories going around.
story about/of• It's a story about friendship and courage.• A contemporary story of mystery and romantic suspense of a woman who returns home to die and ends up learning to love.• Then sell the whole caboodle to the nationals-including, if you choose, a fake story of attack.• Civilization is in fact the longest story of all.• The moral of this tale you can carry away at the end of my story of two Corbetts.• Babur doesn't know quite why, but the story of Stuart speaks to him quite directly.• When the story of his affair first broke in July, there was even sympathy in Tory ranks.• Wait till I tell you the story of my life.• the story of "Snow White"
ran ... story• "The Chronicle" ran a three-page story on the flood.• Shortly after the conviction of the accused bombers, Al Hayat ran a story raising questions about the fairness of the trial.• In March 1998 little girls' mag Mizz ran a story on ` Super Slobs'.• The copyright disputes were brought to public attention when the Register ran a story detailing Mr Millington's plight.
full story• The palaeontologist is like a detective trying to reconstruct a full story from a few fragmentary clues.• For the best-managed banks can only gain by telling a fuller story.• That is why some reporters will go to greater lengths to look good than to get the full story.• But at the Goodwood Park Hotel, beautiful rooms are hardly the full story.• But there was no use brooding on it: the full story would never be known now.• No doubt some of them were rather on the dreary side but that is not the full story by any means.• Fifi tells us the full story of Manuel Gustavo.• The full story of the dismissals was told to Fong by Margerine.
life story• Often families, like the patients, floundered in their efforts to adapt to new roles and changed life stories.• And then he poured out his entire life story.• When you meet someone for the first time, they don't want your entire life story in detail.• His platform is his life story and his political career.• The newspaper has been running his life story for the past two weeks.• And I realized some songs were more important in paralleling my life story than I thought they were.• We shared our battles and our triumphs through our life stories.• Weekly budgets don't tell life stories.• This is the time to make up for the imprecision of the life story in Step 1.• This is an epic of Oprah's age, with an engaging heroine whose life story is well-made, but essentially insignificant.
tell stories• In the Collins family, Kevin was not actually told stories about how he, too, was a good listener.• We were taken on nature hikes and told stories as we sat by campfires.• We danced, we drank, we lay on the beach telling stories.• I also rely on a few strategies to nudge my children into telling stories of their days.• He is a big, thick, lonely man about whom people tell stories.• Their friends still tell stories about their romance.• They tell stories that other people told them.• To tell stories so that those who came after them would remember and be strong.
Origin story
(1200-1300) Old French estorie, from Latin historia; → HISTORY

See also: storey

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